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Hi everyone, I am back with a quick installment of “Silent Night” for those beginner guitarists wanting to entertain themselves over the holidays. Not a lot to this one. This song is in 3/4 time (3 beats per measure) and utilizes a bass note on the first note of each measure. This song is in[…]

Jingle Bells Chord Melody For Guitar – Part 1 Hi everyone, its Jingle Bells time! I thought I would get a few tunes together for you for the holiday season that you can entertain your family and friends with. This is part one of 2, second part coming soon. Looking at this tune from a[…]

Welcome to “Pet Riffs” everyone. Scroll down to see the video/tab portion of the lesson. I will semi regularly be bringing you the riffs used most often by your favorite rock, blues and fusion guitarists. Today we are looking at 3 uniquely different guitarists in the rock genre; Yngwie Malmsteen, Eric Johnson, and Neal Schon.[…]

Hi all, today we tackle funk guitar technique and rhythms. The number one thing in funk music is great rhythm. How do we get great rhythm to happen? If we keep our picking hand doing a steady down up movement, this helps keep our rhythm rock solid. But what will you practice to get good[…]

Guitar Is Easy – 7 Must See Tips Hello again everyone, today we are dealing with practice tips for beginners or intermediate guitarists. I remember being a kid practicing away and by sheer will, I would make myself able to play most of the stuff I wanted to learn, but over the years I have[…]

Play Guitar Like Slash – 10 Amazing Hacks! Hi everyone, I am back and this time we are going to look into the stylistic practices of the one, the only, Saul Hudson, better known as Slash to music fans. 🙂 Slash’s playing could be described as a mix of gutsy, loose, blues based[…]

Hey everyone, sorry for the long layoff, I got busy doing some other things. This time we are looking at 3 octave arpeggios (Bmaj7, Bm7, and Bm7b5) that will help us traverse 3 positions on the guitar. These are great for shredding as they can be played with speed using hammer ons and pull offs.[…]

Guitar Modes: Easy Theory, Chords & Licks For The Scale Challenged. So you wanna learn your modes? Well you came to the right place! In this lesson, we will go over some theory on how modes work, how to construct chords that will fit with the modes, and then we will tackle some licks that[…]

#1 Scale For Rock Guitar Lesson Hi there, this week we will be tackling the #1 scale for rock guitar solos. You have heard it everywhere, from Led Zeppelin’s music, right up to that of John Mayer and beyond. I am talking about the pentatonic scale which is ubiquitous with rock and roll guitar soloing[…]

11 Hacks To Play Like Eddie Van Halen – Part 2 Hey everyone, welcome to part 2 of 11 Hacks To Play Like Eddie Van Halen! In this video I will go through several more techniques to get you up to speed on how to play like Eddie. 6. Stretch Licks If you have[…]